Worldview Practice: Paragraph #3

Each paragraph offers a  particular viewpoint based on a distinct perspective. Your task is to read each one closely and identify which worldview it expresses. Pay attention to what it values, how it sees reality, and what it dismisses. Let the underlying assumptions guide your recognition. Answers below.

Twelve Worldviews
Materialism
Spiritism
Realism
Idealism
Mathematism
Rationalism
Psychism
Pneumatism
Monadism
Dynamism
Phenomenalism
Sensationalism

Immigration and Borders

Viewpoint 1
No border can divide the human spirit. What we call nations are but fleeting shadows; the soul migrates by deeper laws. When someone crosses into a new land seeking refuge or hope, it is the working out of unseen spiritual ties. The homeland of the soul is broader than any map. To close a gate against the stranger is to turn away from the spirit’s own call.

Viewpoint 2
Borders exist. People migrate. These are facts. Sentiment won’t change the tensions that arise when cultures meet. If immigration is to work, it has to be managed pragmatically — not idealized. Look at the numbers. Look at the infrastructure. We need clear rules, enforced fairly. You don’t have to hate someone to say “not yet” or “not here.” Reality, not rhetoric, keeps peace.

Viewpoint 3
Each migrant carries within them an entire world — not as representative of a group, but as a unique self. Immigration must be met not with labels, but with listening. Don’t ask what country they’re from; ask what experience shaped them. Borders can’t hold back the inward unfolding of the human being. They pass not to belong, but to become. To meet them rightly, we must also become more ourselves.

Viewpoint 4
We see people moving, arriving, speaking strange tongues — and we call it “immigration.” But are we seeing the people or just our impression of them? The border is not a line in the dirt, but a projection of fear or hope. To resolve the tension, we must first admit: what we see is colored by our own eyes. And in that awareness, something new might emerge — not policy, but presence.

Viewpoint 5
The world must evolve toward unity, not division. Immigration is not a threat — it’s a test of whether we truly believe in human dignity beyond flags. A border should never be a wall to dreams, but a bridge to mutual becoming. The stranger carries not just needs, but gifts. Welcoming them isn't charity; it's participating in a greater human purpose.

Viewpoint 6
A country is a body — and you don’t let just anything into a body. Immigration must be handled like digestion: only what strengthens the system should be absorbed. Borders are not barriers of hate, but vital membranes of protection. If too much enters too quickly, the structure collapses. It's not cruelty; it’s common sense. First secure the house — then invite the guests.

Viewpoint 7
The flow of people across borders is more than politics — it’s a movement of destiny. The Spirit works through migration, weaving human lives into new patterns. If we close ourselves off, we resist not people but the Will of the world itself. Welcome is not a slogan — it’s a sacred act, recognizing the stranger as a carrier of spiritual purpose. Each arrival might be a revelation.

Viewpoint 8
It’s a flow problem. Think of nations as systems of inputs and outputs. Immigration introduces variables. Calculate economic impact, labor distribution, education load, healthcare strain. Model the system. Is it sustainable? If not, optimize. Borders aren’t moral constructs — they’re regulators in a complex mechanism. If the formula balances, let them in. If not, adjust until it does.

Viewpoint 9
Every wave of migration is a force — raw, urgent, transformative. It collides with structures, stirs the stillness, breaks the stagnant. Borders are tension lines where energies crash and reform. You can’t stop the storm — but you can channel it. Immigration policy should not try to freeze the flow, but harness the momentum. It’s not about control — it’s about directing power where it builds, not destroys.

Viewpoint 10
You want to understand immigration? Watch the faces. Hear the voices. Smell the spices in the markets that weren't there before. Feel the warmth of a handshake from someone who risked everything. All these words — “border,” “policy,” “security” — they fade next to the realness of the senses. Fear dulls perception. Let yourself feel what's truly here. Then decide whether to close the gate, or open your hand.

Viewpoint 11
A migrant isn’t just a worker or a statistic — they are a bearer of inner life, thought, culture, and invisible history. When they cross a border, more than bodies move — consciousness moves. Integration isn’t absorption; it’s dialogue between minds. Every policy must ask: what kind of souls are entering, and what are we offering them in return? Without this, we trade humanity for convenience.

Viewpoint 12
Every society has laws that evolved for a reason. To question those laws is fine — but only if done through reasoned discourse, not emotional outrage. Immigration policy must be built on principles that hold across cases: justice, reciprocity, civic responsibility. A border isn’t sacred, but the laws it marks should be logically consistent and defensible. That’s the only way order and compassion can coexist.

 



Answers
6. Materialism
1. Spiritism
2. Realism
5. Idealism
8. Mathematism
12. Rationalism
11. Psychism
7. Pneumatism
3. Monadism
9. Dynamism
4. Phenomenalism
10. Sensationalism